Nnwom 130

1 Ɔsoroforo dwom. Awurade, mifi bun mu su frɛ wo;

A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

2 Awurade, tie me nne. Wɛn wʼaso ma me nkotosrɛ.

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

3 Awurade, sɛ wubu yɛn bɔne ho nkontaa a, anka hena na obetumi agyina ano?

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

4 Nanso wowɔ bɔnefakyɛ; ɛno nti wosuro wo.

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

5 Metwɛn Awurade, me mu ade nyinaa twɛn, na nʼasɛm mu na mede mʼanidaso ahyɛ.

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6 Metwɛn Awurade sen sɛnea awɛmfo twɛn adekyee, sen sɛnea awɛmfo twɛn adekyee.

My soul [looketh] for the Lord, more than watchmen [look] for the morning; [yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.

7 Israel, ma wʼani nna Awurade so, efisɛ Awurade wɔ adɔe a enni huammɔ na ogye ankasa wɔ ne mu.

O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

8 Ɔno ankasa begye Israel afi wɔn bɔne nyinaa mu.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.